Montgomery County News
Mt Ida, Arkansas
2003 Death Notices

Sunshine fades and shadows fall, but sweet remembrance outlasts all.

The Montgomery County News is published every Thursday. This list covers death notices and obituaries that appeared in the Montgomery County News over the year 2003. For a lookup, for only those listed, with a reply via email,  add a j after the w,    with the name, year of death and your interest in the name. Will scan in the larger obituaries. No hardcopies will be supplied.  Sometimes the death notice appeared in the paper at a later date with corrections.  Online obituaries.

SURNAME		First name	Maiden name	2003 paper	Cemetery if given or town

Abernathy	Ottis				Apr 10		Mt Olive
Allen		Jeanne H			d. Dec. 27 2003 Pine Ridge Cemetery
Allen		John Glenn Jr			Aug  7		Private Burial
Bailey		William E "Bill"		Jun 26		Gaston
Beam		Fannie Elizabeth Simpson	Oct 30		Little Fir 
Booth		Norval				Feb 27		Reed
Booth		Vonda Dale	Whittington	Nov  6		Owley
Brown		Ina Mabel	Miller		Apr 10		Sacramento	
Campbell	Lonnie D			Aug 21		Joplin
Chapman		Opal Eaton	Tolleson	Oct 16		
Cogburn		Gertie Belle	Golden		Jan		Fancy Hill Cem, Glenwood
Cook		Ruth		Mann		Jul  3		Black Springs
Cooper		Ruby		Stachey		Jan		Muddy Creek  Church
Crow		Courtney	Farris		Jun 19		Jones
Crump		Cecil Jr			Jul 17		Owley
Diggs		Ray				Jan		Grants Chapel Cem.
Doman		Rebecca Elizabeth 		Feb 27		Cremated
Ducote		Joey Dalton			Jun 19		Jones
Duke		Arley M				May  1		Mt Gilead
Duniho		Willie		Mitchell	Jul 31		Pencil Bluff
Durrett		Zedia Orendorff	Hibbetts	Feb 27		Owley	
England		Dorothy 	Hill		Feb  6		Black Springs
Etter		Raymond T			Jun 26		Howerton Cem.
Evans		Willie "Sonny"			Jul  3		Coker Cem.
Forga		Hubert Sherman			Mar 20		Mount Tabor
Forga		Mary T		Baggs		Mar  6		Lone Valley
Forga		Mildred	M	Short		Mar 27		Mount Tabor
Fox		Herma G		Foshee		Aug 14		Palestine Cem.
Free		Ruth Mae	Waggoner	Jul 24		Black Springs, ?Mena
Fryar		Dora D		Kirk		Apr 10		Pencil Bluff
Garrett		Evelyn Pauline 	Wingfield	Oct 23		Whittington
Garrigus	Lillian Eulene	Tucker		Mar 27		Oakland Cem. Russellville
Garton		Robert Blaine			Apr 10		Hicks Cem. near Kirby
Gaston		Bobby Joe			Jun		Cremation
Gaston		Robert Lincoln "Bob"		Feb  6		Valley Center, KS
Gibson		Irvin T				Feb  6		
Gillham		Bertha		Phillips	Jul 17		Reed Cem. in Story
Gilstrap	Voila Virginia			Jun 26		Gaston	
Gindlesberger	Ronny Lynn			Sep  4		Cremation
Gladden		Larry, Sr			Jun 26		Hopper
Graham		Gordon L (G.L.)			Sep  4		Pine Crest
Graham		Jack L				Nov 28		Oak Grove Cem. Conway
Graves		Edwin Booker			Mar 20		Langley Hall
Guinn		Marcus				Sep  4		Pine Crest, Mena
Halsell		Waylen Sr			May 29		Dry Fork, Cem. Danville
Hamilton	Albert Lee Sr			Nov  6		Gaston
Hamilton	Clara Beatrice	Smith		Dec 18 		Gaston
Harris		Lillian Faye			Jan 16		Carolan Cem. Boonville
Hayes		Helen		Hicks		Sep 11		Black Springs
Haymes		Virgie Lou	Carr		Jun 26		Rest Hills Memorial, N. Little Rock Park
Heinlein	Mary Alice	Schaudies	Sep  4		Mt Ida
Hicks		Ava		Maddox		Jun 26		Black Springs
Hicks		Ruthie Mae	Smith		Jan		Black Springs
Hubble		Jessie 		Parish		Dec 18 		Sunset Memorial Park, West Helena
Hughbanks	Nora Macdean	Lively		May 22		McKinney
Hutchings	Doris "Dobby"	Hutchings	Mar  6		Glenwood	
Johnson		Lorene "Tooter"	Wilson		Aug  7		Private Burial
Kelly		Theresa Jo	Cowden		Oct  2		Pleasant Hill, Plaindealing, LA
Kinsey		Oscar Bert			Apr		Oak Wood Cem.
Laney		Evelyn		Alexander	Mar 27		Cremated
Lawrence	Mary O.J.	Humphrey	Sep  4		Pencil Bluff
Liles		C.L.				Oct 23		Mt Pleasant, TN	
Looney		Sybil Chamberlain Simpson	Sep. 4		Lower Big Fork Cem.		
Love		Helen Ruth	Whittington	Jan		Mount Gilead
McGill		Melvin M			Mar 27		Reed Cem. in Story
McGinnis	Ross Hamilton			May 29		
McKenzie	Julie J				Aug  7		Black Springs
Miller		Lonnie J			Nov 20		Fancy Hill
Naron		John Roy			Jan 16		Oak Grove
Nelson		Delsie Idean			Nov  6		Woodlawn Memorial Park, Ft Smith
Nichols		Freeman O			Nov 20		Reed 
Pierce		Bernice		Hickey		Jul 17		Mt Ida		
Perry		Mary Louise Short Hill		May 22		Mt Tabor		
Qualls		G.W.				Jun 26		Reed
Rankin		Dell E		Phillips	Sep 25		Reed
Roberts		Irene Pearl	Smith		Apr		Oak Forest, Black Rock
Robbins		William Jack			Aug 14		Owley
Rogers		Glenn M				Oct  2		Medical Science
Ryan		Carl Vernon			Mar 27		Lower Big Fork Mena Star March 27 2003
Sedlon		Joseph H			Mar 27		Cremated
Shaw		Carolyn	H	Hood		Feb 27		
Sheffield	Joe "Pete"			Jan		Gaston
Simmons		John "Cooper"			May 15		Calvary Cem. Little Rock
Simpson		William Rufus			Jan		Little Fir Cem.
Singleton	Nettie Lee	Kelly		Mar 27		Ashes in the Macedonia Cemetery Mena Star March 27 2003
Smedley		Gladys C	Campbell	Feb  6		Mount Gilead 
Smith		Charles B			Mar  6		Salem Cemetery
Smith		Sidney "Sam"			Jul 31		Howtton Cem. near Boonerdale
Sparks		Frank E "Rusty"			Mar 20		Pinecrest Memorial Park
Standridge	Fred				d. Dec. 26	Amerson Cemetery
Stewart		Ellen		Elder		Jun 12		Rocky Cem. Sims
Stroope		Rosa Maurita	Standridge	Feb 20		Stanley-Standridge	
Stovall		Bobby George			Nov 20		Cremated - Lone Valley
Summitt		Effie Dee			Aug  7		Lone Valley
Summitt		Aldon T				Mar 13		Lone Valley
Targett		Terry B				Mar 27		McKinney
Taylor		Barbara Janice			Mar  6
Thompson	Linda Sue	Thompson	Jul  3		Pleasant Grove
Todd		Paul D				Jul 17		
Turpin		Alena Wells	Willhite	Mar 13		Desert Lawn Memorial Pak, Yuma
VanDusen	George Robert			Jun 19	
Walker		Betty Jean	Martin		Aug 21		Mt Joy Cem. Daisy
Warnick		Thruman				Mar 13		Howton Cem. in the Alamo Community
Watkins		Forrest Camelia	Featherston	Mar 20		Whittington Cemetery		
Weems		Floyd Glen			Jan 16		Oden
West		Charles L			Jun		Magnolia Cem.
Weston		Linda		Crane		Oct  2		Pine Ridge
White		Osborne Elvern			Feb 20		
Widener		Frank Monroe			Jun 26		Cremated
Willhite	John				Feb 19		Pine Ridge
Wilhite		Wanda L		Brunt		May 15		Black Springs
Williams	Annette Irene	Williams	Aug 14		Cheery Hill
Yeaman		Attie Ethel			Nov 28		Blish
	

109 names, 7 cremated ( 6.48% cremated).
The page was last edited November 03, 2023.

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Bessie Rodgers of Cabot, 87, formerly of Oden died Feb. 28, 2003

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.